Browsing by Author "Brestan-Knight, Elizabeth"

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Adherence to ADHD medication during the transition to college: Experiences, needs, and challenges

Schaefer, Megan (2016-05-05)

Self-management of chronic illness is an abrupt challenge for adolescents as they transition into adulthood. This struggle is most evident when they move away to college and no longer have instrumental support for disease ...

Assessing Parental Readiness to Change: A Psychometric Evaluation of the READI-SF in a Community Sample

Proctor, Kaitlin Baker (2016-06-17)

Engagement in parent training continues to be a barrier to service delivery (Brestan & Eyberg, 1998; Chacko, Wymbs, Chimiklis, Wymbs, & Pelham, 2012; Eyberg, Nelson, & Boggs, 2008; Miller & Prinz, 2003; Nock & Kazdin, 2005; ...

Assessing to Learn and Learning to Assess: Examining Assessment Fidelity for the Parent-Child Interaction Coding System

Baker, Kaitlin (2012-11-06)

Fidelity to treatment protocol has been found to predict treatment outcome (Schoenwald, Sheidowm & Chapman, 2009; Henggeler, Schoenwald, Liao, Letourneau, & Edwards, 2002) and is especially important to evaluate within the ...

Changing disease knowledge, self-efficacy, and adherence in transition-aged youth with inflammatory bowel disease: The impact of a telehealth coaching intervention

Wagoner, Scott (2020-07-13) ETD File Embargoed

The current study is an evaluation of the first structured transition program for families managing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) within the United States. To determine the program’s effectiveness, important transition ...

Conduct Disorder in Female Offenders: Relationship of Callous-Unemotional Traits, Depression, and Risk Taking

Gothard, Kelly (2011-11-21)

Although male delinquency rates remain higher than those of females, female delinquency has been on the rise while the rates among males have been decreasing. The study of female adolescent offenders remains relatively ...

Disparities in the Courtroom: Exploring the Influence of Race/Ethnicity and Offense Category on Charge Reductions during Judicial Disposition Making

Fix, Rebecca (2017-04-21)

African American males comprise the most overrepresented group in the juvenile justice system. This disparity has been attributed, in part, to implicit biases. Moreover, family structure and prior court referrals also ...

Effects of Spacing and Intensity of Behavior on Levels of Treatment Integrity

Haygood, Sarah (2017-07-27)

Problem behavior can be extremely disruptive and can impact a person’s success in his home, school, and community. A behavior intervention plan (BIP) can be developed to reduce the problem behavior and increase appropriate ...

Evaluating a Companion Homework App for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

Davis, Richard III (2020-07-29)

The present study constituted a pilot evaluation of the Special Time Homework App, a smartphone application designed to serve as a companion tool for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) by facilitating the completion ...

Evaluating Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) with a Professional Sample

Jimenez, Giselle (2020-11-03)

The Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) model is a prevention model designed to teach parent management skills to any adult who interacts with children (Gurwitch et al., 2016). To date, the limited published studies ...

Exploring a Unified Concept of Occupational Well-being through Validation in an Applied Setting

Harkcom, Kelly (2015-07-02)

This study unifies divergent conceptualizations of occupational well-being (OWB) to clearly define the construct based on a well-articulated theory. It also validates a new measure of OWB in a practical setting in order ...

Exploring the Impact of Depression on Caregiver-Report of Child Behavior in a Court Ordered Sample

Richey, Lindsay (2021-04-21)

The current study analyzed evidence for a possible depression-abuse distortion in maternal perception of child problematic behavior within a sample of court ordered families. Pre-treatment parent-child behavioral observation ...

Exploring the Relationship Between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Social Problem Solving

Miller, Melissa (2023-05-08) ETD File Embargoed

Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS), previously referred to as sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT), is represented by a set of symptoms that have been found to be associated with emotional, social, and daily life impairments ...

Healing the hearts of bereaved parents: Impact of legacy artwork on grief in parents whose children died of cancer

Schaefer, Megan (2019-06-13)

Approximately 12% of youth with cancer do not survive, representing a devastating loss for parents. Strategies to improve parent coping have been understudied, and no studies have examined the impact of legacy-making ...

Preference for Accumulated and Distributed Token Exchange-Production Schedules: Effects of Task Difficulty and Variable Token-Production Schedules

Falligant, John (2018-06-06)

Organisms allocate behavior to simultaneously available schedules of reinforcement as a function of different dimensions of reinforcement (e.g., delays, magnitude, response effort). Previous research suggests that ...

Providing Psychometric Support for the READI-SF among Clinic-Referred Latino Families

Cotter, Allison (2019-07-23)

Given the high prevalence of child mental health problems and their long-lasting negative consequences if left untreated, it is important to investigate factors that affect family engagement in psychological intervention ...

Psychometric Evaluation of the Child Rearing Inventory (CRI) in an Online Sample of Parents of Children Ages 3 to 12

Jimenez, Giselle (2023-06-29)

Parental tolerance has previously been defined as the function of how annoyed a parent becomes by their child’s defiant or disruptive behavior. However, there has been little research on parental tolerance as a construct ...

Psychometric Properties of the Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS): Investigating Updated Versions across Diagnostic Subgroups

Cotter, Allison (2016-11-09)

Evidence-based assessment requires the use of diverse methods that incorporate multiple informants and demonstrate adequate psychometrics. The Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS) is an analogue behavioral ...

Surfing Safely: An Examination of Online Dating Skills in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Roth, Matthew (2015-07-28)

Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty forming romantic relationships, despite having motivation to establish them. The lack of success through traditional, face-to-face dating may lead adults with ASD ...

Trajectories of Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults with ADHD: Examination of the Impact of Transitioning to Independence

Young, Margaret E. (2017-11-17)

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic conditions. Youth with ADHD experience psychosocial consequences, including poor academic functioning, social problems, and increased mental ...

Validation of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Food Allergy Module- Parent Report

Resmini, Alana (2016-07-08)

Food allergy has been shown to affect approximately 8% of children in North America and Europe, with peanut allergy being the most common and severe allergen. A diagnosis of food allergy has been shown to affect emotional, ...